The Black Lands [BxG] [Gothic Drama]
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:12 pm
"What are you willing to sacrifice?"
The climax of a bitter war approaches. The White Kingdom, shrouded in eternal night, and the Black Lands, victim of eternal day, fight to be the masters of both sun and stars: to acquire the privilege of living in both. The Black King finds himself with only a handful of allies left:
The Black Knight, desperate to avenge her fallen brother.
The Black Bishop, sworn to side and eternally loyal.
The Black Queen, his most powerful, yet most dangerous asset.
And hiding in the darkness of the White Kingdom rest his only two remaining foes:
The White King, a madman bent on bloodshed and so called divine retribution.
And her.
That soulless stare, that porcelain complexion, those light footsteps that echo only death: the White Queen.
These are the players left in our game. Yet more death is sure to come before a victor is declared.
The question remains:
What are you willing to sacrifice?
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Hey everyone! So this is the first project I've ever posted here. Ever. I've been on these boards for half a millenia, but have never really posted anything I've done, for fear that I won't be able to keep up with updates when life gets hectic (as it often does). But this project is pretty close to being finished (wooo!) so I figured I might as well throw up some images/tidbits for some feedback.The Black Knight, desperate to avenge her fallen brother.
The Black Bishop, sworn to side and eternally loyal.
The Black Queen, his most powerful, yet most dangerous asset.
And hiding in the darkness of the White Kingdom rest his only two remaining foes:
The White King, a madman bent on bloodshed and so called divine retribution.
And her.
That soulless stare, that porcelain complexion, those light footsteps that echo only death: the White Queen.
These are the players left in our game. Yet more death is sure to come before a victor is declared.
The question remains:
What are you willing to sacrifice?
***
So this is a Gothic Horror-esque game (horror like, less on the blood and gutsy side and more on the sexy-creepy side, with lots of disturbed staring and tortured souls and ridiculous accessories and whatnot) with chess used a motif. The characters are all (obviously) anthropormorphized chess pieces, and the story of the game is supposed to cover the last few moves of a chess match.
There are a couple of branches, and the choices you make will all be chess moves. Don't worry, you won't be playing a full chess game nor do you have to "win" the game to "win" my game. (I can see people now freaking out at their computers being like: Chess?! I WILL NEVER EFFING BEAT THIS GAME.) Every move you make (even moves that could theoretically lose you the chess game) will get you different endings.
The Black King (WIP)
So here's your character! He doesn't get a sprite, but this is my color reference for him for CGs and whatnot. I'm pretty sure if he was real he'd be some kind of track star or whatever. But that's just a guess.
Umm, and the reason he's wearing almost no clothes is because...uhh..it's hot, guys. Eternal day = hot. Uhhh yeah! Exactly.
The Black Knight
The King's Black Knight, who is out for revenge after the White Queen murdered her younger brother. She's honorable and very dedicated to the code of the Knight, but she's also young and impetuous and sometimes lets her emotions get the better of her. Aaand maybe she's a little bit tsun-tsun.
The Black Bishop
The King's Black Bishop: his adviser, confidante and oldest friend. The King trusts the Bishop completely, and she's been by his side since he was a little boy. Intelligent, quick-witted, and possessing a wry sense of humor, the Bishop is probably the only one of the King's vassals who feels more than comfortable talking back to him. (So it's not like I had this sudden urge to draw anime nuns or whatever. Don't judge me.)
The Black Queen
The Black King's most powerful combatant, and also his wife. She's fiercely loyal and wildly in love with her husband, who treats her in a strangely cold manner. Perhaps it has something to do with their arranged marriage? The Queen is ruthless in battle, and demands respect from all her inferiors. There are times when her mood swings border on the terrifying.
So I guess since you're married there won't be any dating sim. Too bad.
The White Queen
The White Queen: probably the White King's last line of defense in this crazed, bloody battle. She's killed more than any other, and yet never has that blank, unfeeling expression faded from her face. Brought up specifically to be the perfect wife for the future ruler of the White Kingdom, she has no aspirations other than to be a "perfect possession".
Oh well, guess she's married too. There's going to be no falling in love in this game, obviously.
The White King
The ruler of the White Kingdom and instigator of the war. Obsessed with possessing the day as his own, he fights with no regard to the lives of his vassals. He seems especially obsessed with slaughtering the Black King himself, and perhaps has a more personal stake in this battle than he's led anyone to believe.
He'll spend a lot of time making this face probably.
The GUI is still a work in progress, but this is roughly what the game is gonna look like.
No, really, this extra stuff is awesome. How awesome?
Uhh...well there are gonna be a total of 10 Endings!
And there are 4 Capturable Characters!
And there's gonna be...lots of CGs! (Which will be posted in this thread sporadically - not spoilery ones of course.)
And it's being made entirely by me! (I shouldn't have bolded that, it makes me look like a tool why do I do this...?)
Speaking of people, please use this thread to give me feedback on what you see. Especially the GUI and things like that. I'll be posting WIPs of the CGs and I'd love some input/critique.
Also if you're interested in beta-ing I'll probably need betas in a few months and totally would love pulling from this forum. Let me know!
So uh, I guess to start things off, do you guys like what you see? Like font, text box, size of sprites, etc? Thanks!
